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Concert Media Design
Study Guide 1
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Engineering
Undergraduate 4
09/10/2013

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Term
In what year did Light and Sound Design introduce the Icon M?
Definition
1999
Term
What does “DMD” stand for?
Definition
Digital Micro-Mirror Device
Term
What company developed DMD technology?
Definition
Texas Instruments
Term
What is a soft gobo?
Definition
Digital Image Files that can be recalled through DMX
Term
How did the Catalyst Orbital Head function?
Definition
DMX controlled mirror attachment for projectors
Term
What year was the Catalyst Media Server debut?
Definition
2001
Term
What company introduced the DL1?
Definition
High End Systems
Term
What year was the DL1 introduced?
Definition
2003
Term
Name a difference between the DL1 and the DL2.
Definition
Integrated the media server into the actual fixture.
Term
What are the 2 main functions of a media server?
Definition
•Store image and video files
•Playback media files on demand
Term
Media streams are also called what?
Definition
Layers
Term
When no rendering time is required to mix together two media streams, this is called what?
Definition
Real Time Compositing
Term
Name two Standard Definition resolutions:
Definition
•720x480 NTSC (USA)
•720x576 PAL (EUROPE)
Term
Name two High Definition resolutions:
Definition
•1280x720 (720p)
•1920x1080 (1080p) "FULL HD"
Term
Name 4 other production media servers:
Definition
•Catalyst - SAMSC Designs
•Axon - High End Systems
•Mbox - PRG (software: Mbox Director)
•Pandoras Box - Coolux
•Maxxedia - Martin
•MA Video (MAVPU) - Grand MA
Term
The Hippotizer HD can output ______ video signals with a resolution of ___________________.
Definition
• (2) 1920x1080
Term
The Grasshopper can output ________ video signal with a resolution of ___________________.
Definition
• (1) 1920x1080
Term
Name 3 video file formats that can be encoded by the Hippotizer software.
Definition
•Quicktime
•MPEG1
•MPEG2
•AVI
•Windows Media
•MPEG4
•DIVX
•DV
Term
Name 3 image file formats that can be encoded by the Hippotizer software.
Definition
•jpg
•png
•tiff
•tga
Term
The name of the software program that is used to control the Hippotizer is ____________________.
Definition
•ZooKeeper
Term
Name 3 ways that the Hippotizer can be controlled.
Definition
•DMX
•Artnet
•Midi
Zookeeper/Timeline/Timecode
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